Reginald FitzUrse
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Reginald FitzUrse was a 12th-century English knight infamous as one of the four assassins who killed Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Reginald FitzUrse canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6253909 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reginald FitzUrse Context triple: [Murder of Thomas Becket, hasPerpetrator, Reginald FitzUrse]
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A.
William fitz Duncan
William fitz Duncan was a 12th-century Scottish prince and military leader, notable as a powerful claimant to the Scottish throne and a key figure in the politics of the Kingdom of Alba.
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B.
Ilbert de Lacy
Ilbert de Lacy was an 11th-century Norman baron and landholder in England, noted as a prominent supporter of William the Conqueror and an early feudal lord in Yorkshire.
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C.
William Fitzer
William Fitzer was a 17th-century publisher and bookseller known for issuing significant scientific and scholarly works, including early editions of groundbreaking anatomical and medical texts.
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D.
Ranulf de Blondeville
Ranulf de Blondeville was a powerful Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader of the late 12th and early 13th centuries, best known as the 6th Earl of Chester and a key supporter of the English crown during the reigns of Richard I and John.
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E.
Hugh de Cressingham
Hugh de Cressingham was an English royal official and treasurer in Scotland who became infamous for his role in the Wars of Scottish Independence and his death at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reginald FitzUrse Target entity description: Reginald FitzUrse was a 12th-century English knight infamous as one of the four assassins who killed Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
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A.
William fitz Duncan
William fitz Duncan was a 12th-century Scottish prince and military leader, notable as a powerful claimant to the Scottish throne and a key figure in the politics of the Kingdom of Alba.
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B.
Ilbert de Lacy
Ilbert de Lacy was an 11th-century Norman baron and landholder in England, noted as a prominent supporter of William the Conqueror and an early feudal lord in Yorkshire.
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C.
William Fitzer
William Fitzer was a 17th-century publisher and bookseller known for issuing significant scientific and scholarly works, including early editions of groundbreaking anatomical and medical texts.
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D.
Ranulf de Blondeville
Ranulf de Blondeville was a powerful Anglo-Norman nobleman and military leader of the late 12th and early 13th centuries, best known as the 6th Earl of Chester and a key supporter of the English crown during the reigns of Richard I and John.
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E.
Hugh de Cressingham
Hugh de Cressingham was an English royal official and treasurer in Scotland who became infamous for his role in the Wars of Scottish Independence and his death at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
12th-century person
ⓘ
English knight ⓘ assassin ⓘ |
| afterEventConsequence |
excommunication
ⓘ
loss of lands in England ⓘ penitential pilgrimage ⓘ |
| allegiance | Henry II of England ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Henry II of England
ⓘ
Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to:
St Thomas of Canterbury
|
| associatedWithPlace | Canterbury ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Ireland (uncertain exact location)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ireland
|
| causeOfNotoriety | murder of an archbishop inside a cathedral ⓘ |
| co-conspirator |
Hugh de Morville
ⓘ
Richard le Breton ⓘ William de Tracy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | circa 1173 ⓘ |
| employer | Henry II of England ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Anglo-Norman ⓘ |
| eventDate | 29 December 1170 ⓘ |
| eventLocation | Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ |
| familyName | FitzUrse ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicalSource | contemporary chronicles of Becket's martyrdom ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Anglo-Norman French
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglo-Norman
Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | royal household of Henry II of England ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | son of the bear ⓘ |
| notableFor | participation in the murder of Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| notableWork | killing of Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| occupation | knight ⓘ |
| participantIn | assassination of Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Ireland ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | leader of the four knights who killed Becket ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
T. S. Eliot's play "Murder in the Cathedral"
ⓘ
linked to:
Murder in the Cathedral
|
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| residence | Willesborough, Kent ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | struck the first blows against Thomas Becket ⓘ |
| title | lord of Willesborough ⓘ |
| victim |
Thomas Becket
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Thomas Becket
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Reginald FitzUrse Description of subject: Reginald FitzUrse was a 12th-century English knight infamous as one of the four assassins who killed Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
Referenced by (4)
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